Unlike Spaw and Cap't Bob I didn't have the genuine aritcle but, in the fifties, a company called Emamnee (sp?) made a number of "play by the numbers" instruments for kids. Among these was a uke similar to the Godfrey instrument and Santa Claus brought me one when I was about six or seven. I brought it to Grandma's that Christmas day and my aunts and uncles and Grandpa were tolerant enough to sing along while I stumbled through the song book that came with it. Sometimes my Dad would ask if he could borrow the uke from me and he'd play it without the chord helper..."Show Me the Way To Go Home", "Darktown Strutter's Ball", "A Shanty in Old Shanty Town"...were some of the first songs I learned from him. Thanks Tony Burns, for starting this thread. There's a lot of memories here for me.